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Volunteers trained in CPR and use of automated external defibrillators increased survival after out of hospital cardiac arrest

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.8.2.50

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    Hallstrom AP, Ornato JP, Weisfeldt M, et al. Public-access defibrillation and survival after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. N Engl J Med 2004;351:637–46.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q Do more patients with out of hospital cardiac arrest survive to hospital discharge when response teams of lay volunteers trained in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) also use automated external defibrillators (AEDs)?

    METHODS

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    cluster randomised controlled trial (Public Access Defibrillation [PAD] Trial).

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    {not concealed}.*

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    blinded (data collectors and outcome assessors).

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    to hospital discharge. Community units were involved for a mean 22 months.

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    993 community units in 24 North American regions.

    Embedded ImagePatients:

    patients ⩾8 years of age with out of hospital cardiac arrest.

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    993 community facilities (eg, shopping malls, recreation centres, hotels, and apartment complexes) were eligible for randomisation as a community unit, either individually or as a group if they had a pool of lay volunteer responders able to deliver an AED within 3 minutes …

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    Footnotes

    • ↵* Information provided by author.

    • For correspondence: Dr A Hallstrom, Public Access Defibrillation Clinical Trial Center, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. padctcu.washington.edu

    • Sources of funding: National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute; American Heart Association; Guidant Foundation; Medtronic. Devices supplied by Cardiac Science Survivalink; Medtronic Physio-Control; Philips Medical Systems Heartstream; Laerdal Medical.